Point of View
The narrator is the main character of the story.
What is first person central pov?
This narrator is unreliable because of his or her lack of experience.
What is a naive narrator?
This is a narrator who likes to embellish or exaggerate a story.
What is a picaro?
I, me, my, mine
What is first person point of view?
The narrator constantly speaks directly to the reader/audience.
What is second person consistent pov?
These characters are sometimes children or inexperienced teenagers or adults.
This type of narrator may be new in town or of a different racial or socioeconomic background than the rest of the characters in the story.
What is an outsider?
You, your
What is second person point of view?
The narrator tells the story of the main character based on their feelings, impressions, and interactions with them.
What is first person peripheral?
This narrator is different, in some way, than the majority of those around them.
What is an outsider?
This is a narrator who has lost touch with reality.
What is an insane narrator?
our, us, we
What is first person point of view?
This narrator is all knowing (thoughts, settings, conflicts and conversations).
What is third person omniscient?
Inconsistent, and untrustworthy are synonyms for this type of NARRATOR.
What is UNRELIABLE?
This type of narrator intentionally deceives.
What is a liar?
He, she, they, them
What is third person point of view?
This narrator is like a "fly on the wall".
What is third person objective?
This type of narrator is rare to encounter, but they tell a story in which the reader must try to sort fact from fiction.
What is a liar?
Sometimes these narrators make the best storytellers, but readers must remember that they tend to speak in hyperbole.
What is a picaro?
Invisible by Pete Hautman uses these pronouns to reveal point of view.